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[[File:Sinclair_spectrum.jpg|thumb|The Sinclair ZX Spectrum]]The '''[[wikipedia:ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum]]''' (Pronounced ZED-ex) is an 8-bit home computing platform developed by Sinclair in 1982. It was one of the three major home computer platforms that dominated the market in the United Kingdom during the 1980's, along side the '''[[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]]''' and the '''[[Amstrad CPC|Amstrad Colour Personal Computer]]'''. The "Spectrum" is in reference to its color display, an innovation from the previous model, the '''[[wikipedia:ZX81|ZX81]]'''. The Spectrum was released as eight different models, ranging from the entry level model with 16 KiB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum +3 with 128 KiB RAM and built in floppy disk drive in 1987; together they sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide, not accounting for the numerous clones. The device was highly significant in British culture, so much so that its creator, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair Clive Sinclair], was knighted for services to the British industry, in 1983. Spectrum game development continues to this day, with over 100 new releases since 2012.
|title = Sinclair ZX Spectrum
 
|logo = Sinclair_spectrum.jpg
 
|developer = [[Sinclair Research]]
 
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Computers]]
 
|generation =
 
|release = 1982
 
|discontinued = 1992
 
|predecessor = [[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|ZX81]]
 
|successor = QL
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
}}
 
{{For|emulators that run on the ZX Spectrum|Emulators on ZX Spectrum}}
 
The '''[[wikipedia:ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum]]''' (Pronounced ZED-ex) is an 8-bit home computing platform developed by Sinclair in 1982. It was one of the three major 8-bit home computer platforms that dominated the market in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, alongside the [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]] and the [[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad Colour Personal Computer]]. The "Spectrum" is in reference to its color display, an innovation from the previous model, the [[Sinclair ZX81 emulators|ZX81]]. The Spectrum was released as eight different models, ranging from the entry-level model with 16 KiB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum +3 with 128 KiB RAM and built-in floppy disk drive in 1987; together they sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide, not accounting for the numerous clones. The device was highly significant in British culture, so much so that its creator, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair Clive Sinclair], was knighted for services to the British industry, in 1983. Spectrum game development continues to this day, with over 100 new releases since 2012.
 
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
An old list of emulators can be found [https://worldofspectrum.org/tools/emulators here].
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There are hundreds of emulators, in the chart below are just a few of the most popular ones for a variety of systems. A full list of emulators can be found [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html here].
 
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|+PC
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"
 
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="7"|PC / x86
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Free Unix Spectrum Emulator]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/#Download 1.1.1]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|-
 
|-
|[[EightyOne]] (81)
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/x128/ X128]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|DOS
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files {{EightyOneVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/dos/x128v94s.zip 0.94]
| {{~}} <small>(WIP)</small>
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[FUSE]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.zxspectrum4.net/emulator.php ZXSpectrum4.NET]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}<br/>{{Icon|575}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator {{FuseVer}}]<br/>[http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/#Download Ports]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.zxspectrum4.net/download.php 1.0.5172]
| {{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Speccy]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MESS]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
| [http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/#Downloads {{SpeccyVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
| {{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
| {{}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[ZEsarUX]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/ Speccy]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|UNIX}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
| [https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/#Downloads platform-dependent]
| {{}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[SpecEmu]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.chuntey.com/ EightyOne]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
| [https://specemu.zxe.io/ {{SpecEmuVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.chuntey.com/ 1.0a]
| {{}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{?}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Swan
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.spectaculator.com/ Spectaculator]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
| [https://github.com/zoran-vucenovic/swan/releases {{SwanVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.spectaculator.com/ 8.0]
| {{?}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
| {{?}}
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|}
| {{✓}}
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{| class="wikitable"
| {{?}}
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|+Mobile
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[BizHawk]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.speccy Speccy]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Android
| [http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/ZXSpectrum.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy 3.0]
| {{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|
| {{✓}}
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|}
| {{✓}}
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{| class="wikitable"
| {{~}}
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|+Consoles
|-
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! scope="col"|Name
| Retro Virtual Machine
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! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
| [http://www.retrovirtualmachine.org 2.1.9]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| [[Clock Signal|CLK]]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
| [https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
| [[ares]]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
| [https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
| ZX-Poly
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
| [https://github.com/raydac/zxpoly 2.3.3]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
| [http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
| [http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Xpeccy
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
| [https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [[DSP]]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
| [https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator git]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzx fbzx]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://psptwist.com/download/pspectrum-533.html PSPectrum]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Playstation Portable
| [https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/fbzx git]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/psp/PSPectrum_1.0.4_for_1.5.zip 1.0.4]
| {{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
| {{}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
|JSpeccy
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Emulators_in_Games#007_GoldenEye|GoldenEye 007]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|Nintendo 64
| [https://github.com/jsanchezv/JSpeccy/releases git]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/download/6bnashajw41n5p5/Spectrum.zip 007]
| {{✗}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [[MAME]]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
| [http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads 8.0]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ git]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html ZX4ALL]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Win|Linux|Mac}}
 
| [http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html#Downloads Beta 2]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [https://worldofspectrum.net/features/x128/index.html X128]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|DOS}}
 
| 0.94
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/mme-review.htm MTMW] <br/><small>(aka 'MulTiMachine')</small>
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/sinclair/multi-machine.html 1.30b]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| #CSpect
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
| [https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect {{CSpectVer}}]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| LnxSpectrum
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
| [https://www.ilnx.cz/lnxsp/ {{LnxSpectrumVer}}]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| ZXSEC
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
| [http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/cpcec.htm 20240422]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
!colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
 
|-
 
| [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.speccy Speccy]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy 5.9.4]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| Spectacol
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.licentia.games.spectacol 1.6.0.5]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/spectaculator-review.htm Spectaculator]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
 
| [http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads/ 7.0] <small>([[IOS emulators|iOS]])</small><br/>2.1.1 <small>([[Android emulators|Android]])</small>
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Dingoo}}
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads 0.0.86.9]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
!colspan="7"|Consoles
 
|-
 
| FUSE
 
| align=left|{{Icon|PS3|PSP|Vita|NGC|Wii|WiiU}}{{Icon|NX|3DS}}
 
| [https://psp.scenebeta.com/noticia/fuse-psp v0.10.02] [https://www.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=13360&mcid=4 1.0.0.1 Alpha 1]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| PSPectrum
 
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
 
| [https://worldofspectrum.net/pub/sinclair/emulators/psp/PSPectrum_1.0.4_for_1.5.zip 1.0.4]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| [http://zxds.raxoft.cz/ ZXDS]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
 
| 1.4.0
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| [[Emulators_in_Games#Goldeneye 007 (ZX Spectrum Emulator)|GoldenEye 007]]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|N64}}
 
| [https://tcrf.net/images/1/1c/Goldeneye-ZXSpectrumPatch.7z Patch]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| FBZX Wii
 
| align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
 
| [http://fbzx-wii.googlecode.com/files/fbzx-wii-v10-bin.tar.gz v10]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
| Foon
 
| align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}
 
| [http://www.codepuppies.com/ben/sens/gba/mirror/about.html 0.22]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| DreamSpec<br/><small>Very old, Broken and Unused Emulator</small>
 
| align=left|{{Icon|DC|PS2|Xbox}}
 
| [https://classicgaming.dcemulation.org/ Various]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
| [http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html ZX4ALL]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|DC}}
 
| [http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/zx4all.html#Downloads Beta 2]
 
| {{✗}}
 
|?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{TBD}}
 
|-
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/wiki/Home UnrealSpeccyP]
 
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
 
| [https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp/downloads/ 0.0.62]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Fuse PSP
 
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
 
| [http://psp.akop.org/fuse.htm 0.10.0.21]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{}}
 
 
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==Models==
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_16K/48K|ZX Spectrum 16K]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum 16K was released on April 28, 1982, for <abbr title="$127.23 in USD and $336.82 in 2018 USD">£99</abbr>. It had a Zilog Z80A at 3.5 MHz with 16KB of RAM.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_16K/48K|ZX Spectrum 48K]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum 48K was released the same time as the 16K was and retailed for <abbr title="$160.65 USD and $425.30 in 2018 USD">£125</abbr> with 48K of RAM.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum+|ZX Spectrum+]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+ was released in October of '84 and retailed for <abbr title="$231.12 USD and $551.42 in 2018 USD">£179.95</abbr>. It had a mechanical keyboard and a new case. its technical specifications are the same as the 48K.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_128|ZX Spectrum 128]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum 128 had 128KB of RAM, MIDI, and an external keypad. This machine actually launched in Spain first because, in the UK, there were still so many unsold ZX Spectrum machines that they decided to wait.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+2|ZX Spectrum+2]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+2 is the first ZX Spectrum to be made under Amstrad after they purchased the Sinclair brand. It had a tape deck built in.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+2A|ZX Spectrum+2A]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+2A was released in 1987 and is a varient of the later ZX Spectrum 3 which didn't have the floppy drive.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+3|ZX Spectrum+3]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+3 was released in 1987 and had a built-in floppy drive with 128K of RAM. It retailed for <abbr title="$323.11 in USD and in 2018 USD it's $730">£249</abbr>.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+2B_and_+3B|ZX Spectrum+2B]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+2B fixed some audio clipping issues and it can't be upgraded to a floppy disk drive.
 
 
====[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum#ZX_Spectrum_+2B_and_+3B|ZX Spectrum+3B]]====
 
The ZX Spectrum+3B fixed some audio clipping issues and it cannot have a tape drive.
 
 
==External links==
 
* [https://www.zophar.net/sinclair.html Zophar's Domain] (Huge, heady chart showing download links and info of many old ZX / Spectrum / QL Series emulators)
 
* [http://zxplanet.emuunlim.com/emulators.htm ZXPlanet] (Emulators page with links to detailed reviews of many old ZX Spectrum emulators)
 
* [http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/emulators.php Retro Isle] (Page showing three old emulators for ZX Spectrum)
 
* [https://www.consoleroms.com/emulators/zx-spectrum ConsoleRoms] (Page showing a couple other emulators)
 
  
[[Category:Computers]]
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[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum emulators|*]]
 
[[Category:Z80-based]]
 

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